The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 31, 1916, Page 1

& * b= |e informed so as to think with full intelligence on this im- w riPy | SiG 1 Pi ) Days More fo Register Time is getting short. Unless you register by February 10, you will lose your vote in both the pri- mary and the final elections. Do it now. Charles Edwar FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD, ~ OAS NOTED ECONOMIST Declares Military Plan of Tiny Republic Is Ideal for the United States; Compulsory Training of Our Youth Will Improve Population in Body and Mind, as Well as Provide Vast Reserve Force for Protection. ‘This te the first of » series of articies on “The Swiss Military System,” by Charies Edward Russell, famous economist, publicist sed war correspondent, writes eepecially for The Star, Russet! just returned from Switrertas where he steadied that tiny republic's famous democratic scheme of defense first hand. articles deseribing im full the working of this system im its detail and of. will fotlow.—Editer. HE United States is convinced, in the main, that, as a result of the world war, “preparedness” has become a national necessity. Our popular scheme of “preparedness” involves a mighty Mavy as a first line of defense and an adequate and highly r trained army a supplement Two diverging questions arise as to re alizing the latter ONE: Shall we enlarge our present forces of paid “regulars” until they reach the desired number, or— TWO: Shall we all devote a part of | our time directly to our country’s ser- vice, so that eventually we have a univer- sal militia—a citizens’ army? Most Americans, who understand, declare for the latter—the plan made famous by the ic. of Switeerland.apd knows, as ¢ Swiss System.” : That the readers of The Star understand this Swiss plan of democratic, unmilitary or- nization, we have asked Charles Edward) ussell, the famous economist, writer and) war correspondent, to prepare a series of) articles explaining it } Russell has just returned from spending; several weeks in Switzerland, where he} studied this republic's democratic “militar- ism”—which is militarism with the. fangs drawn. . “I am an enthusiastic convert to this sort preparedness,” Russell writes the editor, “and it is clear to that to urge America to adopt the Swiss system is the| itest service any one can perform for his country. | “The greatest trouble we have had to confront here is the! ck of communal feeling, interest and team work. But think} all boys, sons of rich men and poor, being accustomed from \ earliest youth to work together for common aims, side iby side in a common sense. One generation of that would) iknock us together, wouldn’t it?” fhether or not you agree with Russell, you will wish to int subject. Do not miss these articles. | READ THE FIRST ONE TODAY. “SWISS SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY AND IMPROVE OUR BODIES” by Newspaper En- cers of its military department to Ansociatl investigate the armies of Europe. U. 8. Officer Enthusiastic He made a study of the Swiss! army, and when he came to write his report about ft, not even the frozen restraints of official lan- guage could keep him from show- Ing bis enthusiasm. In 24 hours Switzerland can put Into the fieid 350,000 trained troops, which is one soldier to ev- ery ten inhabitants. Each of th soldiers would be} a sharp shooter with a rifle rec- ord, each would be thoroly dritied | and equipped, and each would) be thoroly drilled and equipped, | come uniformed and weaponed so | nothing would be left to be sup-| plied but transportation and food. | Each would know exactly whe to go and what to do. | Moreover, these trained troops would be commanded by trained | and highly specialized officers, | and the cost of keeping them in| Copyright, 19 terpr /months, fighting and getting ready o fight, what nation, should you , has the best army—in propor- to its numbers? At once you think of the French with their. wonderful, dogged cour- age_and the brilliant strategy of » the Marne. Fi Or you think of the Germans, \ with their faultless organization and their efficiency that has made the world marvel. Best Fighting Army But according to some experts, ere js still another army better han thet In proportion to its{ numbers, they say, the best fight-| ing army is the army of the repub- lic of Switzerland. Some say ft in the best, and al! agree that surely it is one of the best ANYWAY, IT WAS 80 GOOD IN 1914 THAT, SMALL AS IT} WAS, GERMANY DIDN'T WANT |the field would be less for each ANY TRUCK WITH IT AND|man than the cost in any other LEFT IT SEVERELY ALONE|drmy among civilized nations BN HER TIME CAME TO/| In Switzerland not a moment ts CHOOBE A HIGHWAY BY /|lost in raising or recruiting WHICH TO ATTACK FRANCE. |equipping an army, The natic Some years ago the United us States sent one of the ablest offi N SHOP MEN PROTEST HANNA BILLBOARD BILL’ Seventeen sign shop ownets ye-jhis firm. The bill Is to tioned the councll license com Ke eoreg ‘owter spends | Mites, Monday, not to recommend | cit $125,000 annual, $80 000 or the Hanna billboard bill for fae! which ts spent for in Beattie, | age. saying it will legislate them The company ont of buviness, because of the pays $1,000} annual Heense cent per square foot annual liense| The Hanna bill would demand ap-| feature. i proximately $10,000 annually in it | Walter Foster, of Foster &/Klel- cense fees. | ver, told the committee or is (Continued off page 5.) “regulate | billboards 1 | id his company already bin} Consideration of the bill came Wee unlalr, and aimed diregly at’ up at @ special hearing Mouday, THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS Lanner AAA AR AAA AAAAAANAAANRRADDDRRPRAAPROPOPDPRARDDD ADDR DRAPPL AN | Umes of emergency. VOLUME 18. ) H ) } } 5 ) Read the answer in The Star tomorrow. GILL URGES UTILITIES Development of Seattie’s water system and action obtaining additional power for the light plant were termed the “parameunt questions” be- fore the council by Mayor Gill in his annual report filed Mon. day afternoon. He advocated the utilization of Swan lake for an impounding res- ervoir suitable to serve 1,000,000 People for several months in Other improvements, new pipe lines, should follow, he said, aa the plant could pay for | them. If utility bonds would not care for the improvements, he advo- cates that the matter of voting bonds be put before the people as soon as ponsible. He favors a 20,000,000-gallon fire reservoir instead of salt water mains. Immediate action should. be taken, be says, to obtain addition al light power, because “It is a government pos seasion and can be obtained with out cost or scandal or dealing with private individuals.” “The Ceder river reservoir must and will be made impervious ulti | mately,” he says. There is @ large decrease shown in the death record, he says, “prob. ably due to the handling of the milk situation Immediate action is urged in protecting the hydraulic lighting plant at Cedar Falls from forest fires by building a permanent cov. ering for it The county and city officials, he said, should immediately get to gether and construct a work farm for prisoners, and suggests that the city’s improved farm land at Kent be utilized ) H 5 ) | ) t { {| ? ineluding | and the Sauk-Sulat- | tle project is favored by the mayor | The Seattle Star Onn SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1916. REBELS MA d Russell Writes ot the Swiss Army S GURTREPLY PRESIDENT [O MADE BY WANTS U.S. OAERIFE 10 TOMAKEITS MATTHEWS OWN ARMS Sheriff Robert T. Hodge an- MILWAUK Jan, 31.—Prent Swered curtly Monday the | dent Wilson ived here at 12:20 charge of Or. M, A. Matthews, m. and was taken to the Hotel who declared from the First | / {sister | Presbyte: church pulpit Sun | br parr. Prgtes the party at he depot and lined the streets to Gay night that the breweries J ine hotel. A troop of militia es-| and liquor interests were back corted the party. The president| of the sheriff's recent liquor | and his wife dined privately before raids. the speech “My raid of the Rainier ctub."|, Rapping those who charge that sald the sheriff, have bit the demand for national prepared- ness has sprung “from persons in close to home. That is the only terested in supplying the govern 1 can advance for such a ment with the instruments of war,” sident Wilson advocated gov ernment magufacture of munitions in @ rear platfofm address at one of the stops between Chicago and MU waukee. Wants Government Control 1 all along advocated, and always shall, that the government, as far as possible, manufacture hese things for itself in order that may control prices at which they hall be sold to the government,” he sald. “There are adequate means | | | | | Pr must reason ent. It ts absolutely without Many poor homes were invaded I raided some of thone of but nothing was id. 1) jeannot understand Dr. Matthews’! | be I shall write him a letter.” before the rich Dr. Matthews ts a member of thy | Rainier club. | He stated in his sermon ‘hat the whiskey Interests were backing |present campaign, which, he jelared, unfatr, and culculated Seattle has had snow on the! ground continuously for 31 days. And the chances of an immediat: break in the cold weather are {mighty small, according to Weather |Doper Salisbury As long as it's cold west of the mountains in British Columbia, and | David Caplan, one of those con-| nected with the dynamiting of the! |Los Angeles Times five years ago, | will be brought to trial in Los An geles on March 14 CHURCH-GOERS GIVE LARGE SUM FOR JEWISH WAR RELIEF That the funds for the relief of Jewish war sufferers in Europe and Palestine, will be substantially increased during the next few days, so that Se attle’s contribution to worthy cause will compare f vorably with those of oth cities on the coast, in the be- lief of the citizens’ committee of which J. B, Powles is chair man and E. Shorrock is treas- urer, From many pulpits Sunday, Chris tlan clergymen appealed to the congregations for ald, The com mittee had subscription blanks and envelopes distributed among those who attended chureh While the committee has not yet received the contributions from {t oftons to the. public, rs age The sheriff Saturday filed x said} | “Bat | Boeing, whose home he raided ney., SUC sources, “The tmpulee comes leral days ago. | from men who are disinterested, Boeing, he alleges, slandered him | from men who know the actual |bezzlement and grows walfeasance | that these things are immediately fin office In a ault brought to re-| necessary.” cover the liquor seized Gets Noisy Reception [sheriff has failed to account for al! | route to Milwaukee the president the liquor taken from his residence. | was accorded a noiny reception. At | jeach stop he was forced to wait make himeelf heard, Thousands of children were in- cluded in the throngs. be quie | _ At each station stop, Mrs. Wilson j Joined the executive on the rear) platform and was given a tremen- dous reception that was only equal- At Kenosha, a huge bouquet was handed over the rail to her, At Racine she delayed making ber ap-| her, eaying to the crowd at the same time: “Here is some one bet ter worth looking at than I am.” ithe wind is from the northwest, it's| The din of spplause trom 9,000 | \likely to be cold here, he says. throats and 9,000 pairs of hands | ‘The temperature at Kamloops, 8. | followed by the strains of “My are made, was 22 below zero Mon-| Milwaukee's reply this afternoon to day President Wilson's preparedness When the telegram reached Salis- | demands break for two or three days in this the “hyphen country”—/ The pressure ts high inthe north-|home of vast numbers of Ger- least and low in the southwest,” he | man-Americans—-struggled to get lhave cold weather until July.” forced to remain outside in the Monday morning the mercury | bitter cold for want of room. i lwent down to 24 at about 6:50. This is Milwaukee's answer” gree warmer within as the president entered More than 1,000 skaters were out|the ball at 2:23 on Lake Burien Sunday, Three Says There's no Crisis | Lake. a |'*rayor Gill had the lake fiooded | Plalnly moved the president's emo- Saturday night for Sunday skaters, |4O"S 48 he started his address. | “At the outset,” he said, “T} Nothing new has happened and there is no crisis, 1 have come out on this errand because every-;| is thrilling with the passion of a disturbance such as the world has never seen before, Hence, we | ° 'Central West Likes * ’ 4 | the President’s Wife; Crowds Applaud Her} for $100,000 damages against W. 1) fF prepa |by accusing him of thoft and em-| Condition of the country and know | Boeing's complaint alleges the Along the line from Chicago en | several minutes before he could “Il need to be a schoolmaster,” he said, smilingly at one stop, HAS 31ST } ‘but I can't make these youngsters led by that accorded Wilson. pearance until the president called! Big Crowd Out ic, where the weather observations | Country ‘Tis of Thee,” constituted lbury he abandoned all hope of a| Eight thousand other dwellers \said, “and if it stays that way we'll|{nto the anditorium, but were At 9 o'clock it was only one de-| Was the cry from the thousands jtimes that! number were at Green| sie condiality: of the greeting want to remove any apprehension, where the atmosphere of the world | should set our house jn order. CHICAGO, an | this source, a large sum haa been President | raised, The exact amount will) probably be known late Monday | or Tuesday morning The net receipts of the Sebas tlan Burnett concert, at which lit tle Florence Kubey will also be featured tn violin solos, will be turned over to this fund le The concert will be given Thurs: | day evening at the Metropolitan theatre preparatory to invasion of, the “hyphen country” at Milwau- kee this afternoon, in behalf of his| preparedness program The president, his wife, Dr, Gray: json and the presidential secretary | Were at breakfast as the train ar-| ived. Mrs. Wilson did no here, but accompanied . pee [dent to Milwaukee son under $2000, San. Fran, |tRPODES Were out to catch a glinpre cisco has contributed $200,000 and Of the ino de Wake 'Wide har.’ “At Port 000, | s Poe oatib jona may be left at or [her every appearance with the pres-| sont to any of the banks or news: |!ent her applause has rivaled his papers, or direct to KE. Shorrock, After speaking at 2 p. m, at Mik treasurer, care of Northwest Trust | Waukee, the president planned to jand Sate Deposit Co. return here for a speech touight. shopping | the preat-| ( ON TRAINS AND NEWS RTANDS Be ONE CENT War PicturesFrom 3 Fronts kee chk et th MEX -- EUROPE -- AMERICA dese Rodriguez and Col. at Cereanza’s order for See at att Vite whe were Rise Ts This elx-year-old Serbian boy prisoner in a German detention camp is happy, regardiess of the fact that he doesn’t know where his parents are or whether they are even alive Nich EDITION Ci ON PEKIN MOVING ON CHINESE CAPITAL PETROGRAD, Jan. 31. Twenty thousand Mongo- lian rebels are marching toward Pekin, according to Mukden dispatches tor day. This is the most serious move thus far reported in the Chinese revolution against the new monarchy. Reports have been current for weeks, indicating that the trouble centering in the Yun- Ni rovince id bouts been increasing gradually. — The Chinese rebellion, starting m4 Yun-Nan, has spread to four provinces, Sze-Chuen, Quei-Chow, Quang-Se and Kiang-Se. Shanghal, — China, practically has been under martial rule. ae digpatched 30,000 loyal the eastern border of SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.— Four of the principal cities of China have fallen into the hands of the revolutionists, aft- er short, fierce struggles, said cable advices from the 2 hai correspondent of the Chi-. Nese Republic Journal today. * He names these as Sui Cho Fu, © Leu Chow, Tee Liu Tsing and — Cheng Tu, the latter the prin.” cipal city of the Sze Chuen — province. » : An entire division of Emperor Yuan Shi Ki troops was re- ported routed at Chung King, capital of Sze Chuen province, after the republicans had in- flicted serious losses on them, The republican army is said to have occupied Tal Tung, in Kan 8u province, while Yuan's forces went over to the invad- ers. them while they were repairing an automobile on the Orchard , Park road, near here, early today, killed Mrs. Chas. Teiper, 67, her son Frederick, and mortally wound- ed her daughter Grace. The negro used a blacksmith hammer in his attack. . Robbery apparently was his mo- tive, for Mrs. Teiper’s purse was jjempty. Finger-prints, it is expected, will give a clue to his identity. tled weather tonight jay; probably snow. cold, Aen WINNERS EEE The winners in the * Merchants’ A B C Ad+ vertising Contest ast week were W. J. Fra- nett, 414 Broadway,” and Winnie Swansen, ° WILLIAM® J. BRYAN | t This photograph was taken when the Third Nebraska Volunteers, of which Wm, J. Bryan was a colonel, was In camp during the Spanish. | American war. Bryan was mustered into @rvice July 13, 1898, and! mustered out December 12 of the same year, The regiment nt to Cuba, but the fighting wae over then, and it did not ge’ i 357 East 56th st,, citys: Winners, please call at Star office and re- ceive orders. ‘ye. ‘ NEGRO KILLS FAMILY — BUFFALO, Jan. $1.—Attacking ystem | 20,000 MEN